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Protecting Your Knees

Started Jul 28, 2019 | Questions thread
john isaacs Veteran Member • Posts: 8,414
Re: Protecting Your Knees

charley5 wrote:

Just wondering how macro photographers deal with the fact that they may be on their knees a lot, leading to sore knees? I am at the age when such considerations have become more prominent. I was thinking of getting gardener's knee pads, but I am not sure that will help since my body weight would still be on the knees, and I am not necessarily kneeling on hard surfaces (earth, grass).

Thanks.

-Charles

I carry a carpet scrap when out shooting.  I put it down and kneel on it.  It fits in one of the pockets of my camera bag.

Another thing that helps is a right angle viewer.  I slip it on the viewfinder and I don't have to get down too low.  Works great, especially when it's too light to see the LCD.

Another thing I use is a Hoodman Loop with the sleeve for attaching it to the LCD.  Works if your camera has a Flipout Articulating Screen (FAS) instead of a Tilt Screen.

Finally, if you can't get really low, I can use my phone to connect to and control the camera.  I can mount the camera on an upside down monopod, and mount the phone higher up on the monopod, and then get the camera really low while I stand or sit (on a WalkStool).  That's really comfortable.

There are lots of ways to deal with reduced mobility and flexibility as one ages, or just gets tired of lying in the flower beds.

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